Ticket Alert: London Transport Museum's Depot Open Days Return This Month

This can be a sponsored article on behalf of London Transport Museum.

Excellent news, transport followers — it is that point of 12 months once more! London Transport Museum’s first Depot Open Days of 2023 have been introduced — and tickets are promoting quick.

For 3 days solely, the doorways of the Museum’s Depot in Acton — usually off-limits to the general public — are thrown open for us to all get a peek inside. It is an absolute treasure trove of transport historical past, dwelling to tube trains, buses, maps, indicators and classic transport posters. Over 320,000 historic objects which aren’t on show within the Covent Backyard Museum could be seen on this west London transport paradise.

Every set of Depot Open Days operates with a selected theme, and this time spherical, it is ‘Electrical Journeys’. By talks, excursions, shows and family-friendly actions, you may find out how electrical energy has formed the methods we transfer across the capital, from the early days of electrical journey to the introduction of the Oyster card, and what London’s electrical future would possibly appear to be. Actions to get caught into this time embrace:

• Strive your hand at being a prepare driver, in a Victoria line cab. It is an opportunity to find out how the trains on the world’s first automated railway work;
• Climb on board a totally electrical, zero emissions, Abellio-operated Wrightbus Electroliner bus. In addition to having a close-up take a look at the automobile itself, chat with representatives from Abellio about their electrical bus fleet;

• Take a guided tour of the Depot’s poster retailer. It is dwelling to 5000+ totally different designs of poster from all through the years, and this tour focuses particularly on how electrical energy influenced the design of transport posters by the ages;
• See an unique Nineteen Thirties District Line Q inventory prepare automotive, and take a look at how the restoration challenge goes;
• Hear talks about how electrical energy has formed London life, from the enlargement of the London Underground community to artwork and design, station structure and sustainability;
• Learn to code an electrical prepare, and make a light-up LED poster within the Household Zone (for youngsters age 7+).

All that is along with viewing among the Depot’s spectacular artefacts, together with the biggest assortment of London transport signage on the earth, with samples spanning over 150 years.

Plus, do you know concerning the London Transport Miniature Railway? It’s going to be working on all three open days — tickets to journey are offered individually on the day. Peckish? There isn’t any want to go away, as Auntie Bonnie’s Jerk Pit and the Mini Bean Espresso cellular bar are on the Depot, to maintain you fed, watered and able to discover.

There is a pop-up store on-site too, promoting unique presents and souvenirs, together with moquette sample socks, scarves and cushions, framed posters, limited-edition prints and genuine Underground indicators.

The Electrical Journeys Depot Open Days occasion is a part of London Transport Museum’s Local weather Crossroads programme, sponsored by ABM and Sopra Steria, which was launched to shine a light-weight on sustainability and transport and to encourage the Museum’s guests to take motion towards a greener future for London.

Verify the Depot Open Days web site nearer to the occasion for full particulars of the programme — however do not wait to e-book your tickets. These occasions are all the time extraordinarily fashionable, so do not miss out.

‘Electrical Journeys’ Depot Open Days happen at London Transport Museum’s Depot in Acton (not on the Museum in Covent Backyard!) on 24-26 March 2023. Tickets are £15 grownup/£7.50 little one (youngsters aged 3 and underneath go free) and have to be booked prematurely. Concessions can be found together with native tickets for residents of Ealing, Hounslow or Hillingdon, priced at 1/3 off.